Installing on Windows

Configure

The zip file contains a folder with the current Grafana version. Extract this folder to anywhere you want Grafana to run from. Go into the conf directory and copy sample.ini to custom.ini. You should edit custom.ini, never defaults.ini.

The default Grafana port is 3000, this port requires extra permissions on windows. Edit custom.ini and uncomment the http_port configuration option and change it to something like 8080 or similar. That port should not require extra Windows privileges.

Start Grafana by executing grafana-server.exe, preferably from the command line. If you want to run Grafana as windows service, download NSSM. It is very easy add Grafana as a Windows service using that tool.